The 85th running of the Irish Oaks was held on Saturday 21st July 1979 over 1 mile 4 furlongs of The Curragh. The winner won £45,800 and was owned by Mr Robert Sangster, trained by M Vincent O'Brien and ridden by Lester Piggott. The winner won by a length in 2 minutes 33.6 seconds, with 2 1/2 lengths back to the third.

IRISH OAKS 1979

GODETIA (Chestnut filly by Sir Ivor out of Native Glitter) SR 1855

The winning owner won £45,800 (The equivalent of £220,300 in today's terms based on Bank of England inflation calculator).

The Youtube link below is a 2 minute 21 second clip of the 1979 Irish Oaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9KLmSrdVpk

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Pos. Horse Weight Jockey Owner Trainer
1 GODETIA 9.0 Lester Piggott Mr Robert Sangster M V O'Brien
2 PRODUCER 9.0 Alain Lequeux   Maurice Zilber
3 QUEEN TO CONQUER 9.0 Walter Swinburn   Gavin Hunter
4 SENORITA POQUITO 9.0 Steve Cauthen   Barry Hills
5 CORYANA 9.0 Tony Murray   A Maxwell
6 RED CHIP 9.0 Steve Craine   Martyn Meade
7 HIGHLY NOBLE 9.0 Christy Roche   Curtin
8 SALETTE 9.0 John Roe   M Connolly
9 LONELY SIGNORITA 9.0 Pat Sullivan   Liam Browne
10 SLOW MARCH 9.0 V Kennedy   Con Collins
11 SASSALIN 9.0 R F Parnell   Liam Browne
12 WEAVERS LANE 9.0 Joanna Morgan   Seamus McGrath
DNF RHEINSPARKLE 9.0 Robert Street   Barry Hills
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